The Sun is now at the most active point in its roughly 11‑year solar cycle, and scientists say the current peak has arrived earlier and more forcefully than first expected. As activity climbs, ...

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

On Wednesday, I went for a walk outside around a lake near my home. I didn’t wear a mask. I could see, clearly, the buildings ...

The team discovered the star by analyzing archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission. They used a prediction from the 1970s that theorized that when a star underwent direct collapse, it would leave ...

"This provides observational evidence of black hole formation in real time, suggests that many black holes may form without ...

Scientists have captured the moment a supergiant star collapses into a black hole, revealing the star's death in an ...